Food product



Oct. 25s 1927 K, D; LOOSE FOOD PRODUCT Filed Sept. 24, 1925 Patented Oct. 275, 1927i.

Unirse sraras teiten Pai-rar KENNETH D. LOGSE, F BRONXVILLE, NEWT` YORK, ASSIGNGR TU LQQSE TILES IBIS- CUlT COMPANY, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, Il CORPORATEN F NEW 'RK.

FOOD PRODUCT.

Application filed September 24, 1926. Serial No. 137,571.

rilhis invention relates to food products and, in its preferred embodiment, is an improvement upon the food product disclosed in the patent to Jacob L. Loose, No. 969,1?3, dated September 6, 1910.

lily invention aims to provide a 'novel cracker, biscuit or a like food product oi a very light, tluliyiand yinealy character, and desirably one which, While it may be handled as a single unitary article, may neverthe less be readily separa-ted into small por- 'tions ot predetermined size and outline.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan vieiv` of a small portion of an on-t`eeding stream of dough, trom which crackers or biscuits are stamped in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vieiv oi' one of the crackers or biscuits shown in Fig. 1, but upon an enlarged scale; Y

Fig. 3 is a cross section upon the line 3-3 or Fig. 2; and

Fig. a is a longitudinal section upon the line a-ll of Fig. 2.

An important object of my invention is "to provide a i'ood product, such as a cracker or a biscuit, and especially such as shovvn in said patent to Loose No. 969,173, which shall be very-light and liui'lfy and at the same time shall be inealier and shorter than lthe usual cracker or biscuit.

A characteristic of a desirably light and tluity cracker or biscuit is the presence therein oi large air bubbles or pockets.

i discovered that l can secure the permanent presence or incorporation ot suoli relatively large air bubbles or pockets in the food product, and thus render the same desirably light, fluffy, mealy and short, by cutting or stamping out the same in the direction of the iiow or grain of the dough instead ot across or transverse the stream or grain of the dough, as generally practised heretoi'ore. Such cutting or stamping out of the cracker or biscuit in the direction of the flow or grain of the dough is of peculiar importance in a cracker or biscuit Which has inherent characteristics that prevent the formation oit air bubbles or pockets transven sely ot the cracker or biscuit. That is to say, it the cracker or biscuit be of that type shown in the said patent to Jacob L. Loose, No. 969,173, which is known upon the market as the Takhoma cracker, the breaking fthe course ot my experimentation l have line or the line ot Weakness, with the connecting bars which are characteristic of that cracker necessarily compress the substance oi' the cracker in suoli manner as to prevent u the formation oi relatively long` or large air bubbles or pockets, and especially is this so it the name et the cracker or other legend be impressed thereon in the cutting or stamping out `oii the saine, as this act serves to compress thesubstance of the cracker.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l have in ligl represented a stream ot dough 1 issuing from between rollers, one ot which is indicated at Such stream ot' dough may be ot any suitable Width and thickness and, while l have represented the same as merely Wide enough tor the stamping out, side by side, ot tivo crackers or biscuits, it is to be understood that in actual practice preferably a much larger number of such articles are cut or stamped out simultaneously. i

Desir-ably, the cracker or biscuit is of the i'orm represented at 3 in F 1 and 2. That is to say, it is ci' a general square torni, but desir-ably Vhaving inclined corners 4L, fl, et, et and reentrant portions 5, 5 which provide like inclined corners when the product is broken around the line ot weaknws 6. Said line ot Weakness @represents a line oi? compression ot the dough during the stamping out thereof, Vand the connecting bars 7, which suilice to maintain the cracker against breakage along the yline et Weakness until suliicient breaking 'force is deliberately applied, also representlzones of compression ot' the dough. ltioreover, the name or other data concerningI the cracker or biscuit, which l have indicated generically by the legend or name at 8, in Fig. 2, as Well as the -docker impressions 8', also constitute a zone or area ot compression ot the dough during the cutting or stamping out ot the same. ln manufacturing the biscuit, it may be desired to use dockers alone (Which pierce the dough), dockers with naine type, naine type alone, or a variety ot arrangements of dockers.

rlhe grain of the dough extends in thedireetion of the iiovv thereof, and it is a tact that, heretofore in the making of the said Taklioma biscuit or cracker, the cutting or stamping` out implement was so positioned With respect to the direction ot ilovv ot the dough that the said articles Were cut or stamped out in a direction at right angles to that'represented in Fig. l. It was not, prior to in er Qeriinentatioii realized that` such y l Y Taklicina food product could be madey lighter andfiuffier VandV be vmade to contain enlarged air pockets by ,cutting or stamping out the samein the directioiirepresented Vin VFig. l, and thus taking advantage of theV grain ofthe dough., vIn accordance with my invention, as indicated in Figs. 2, 3 and l,opportunity-fis afforded for the formation of relatively large rair ,pockets suoli as 9, allV of whichextend `lengthivise the crackerfor biscuit, considering the saine witlrrespect to Athe stream "of dough. x By cutting or stainpingA out thefood product in the direction of the streamV of dough, it will be observed that opportunity is arovided for the creation or formation' of `such pockets 9 betwceneacli loiigiti'idinal 'outer edge ofthel cracker, as l0, l0, and the naine at 8 and also between the naine at 8 and theliiie of Weakness 6 with its connecting Zones 7. e rlhe air bubbles or pockets frequently de! v velop during the Yflow of the dough, and

" even during the act of cutting or stamping out theV crackers 'or biscuits, lf the Iood 'l product were cuttransversely of trie iloiv of c flakes, or .thebrea'kingup of the cracker 'into a number of small pieces in a manner which is obviously undesirable. Furthermore,

tliedough, l have discoveredtliat such forniing pockets are trapped'by the `in'ipression of the naine or legend upon the cracker andv by the breaking line of weakness in the two characteristic'parts of the Taklioina cracker, so that such air bubbles or pockets do not have a chance to iiow or elongate, and there- .fore the desired very light and very fluffyr food product-cannot be obtained.'V

Vjrlhe Zone of weakness 6, with its connectingrbonds 7, peculiarly cooperates or acts in a cracker suoli as described, in providing againsttlie breaking of the cracker, except Valong' a predetermined line, and therefore prevents the readyv breaking or rupturing (when the Vcracker is being broken into two pieces) "of` the adjacent air pockets 9,` 9, which would result in the iorniatioii of for. co

there is an advantage in having the cracker of a substantially square shape, inasmuch as four well developed areas of air pockets or V,bubbles are provided for or permitted at the areas indicated, while, at the samev time, such air pockets cannot be `of such great length as will permit the cracker or biscuit tobe broken transversely, in transportation or preliminary to use.

Biscuits or like food products made in ac- Y cordanvce withrmy invention are particu l i 4- iai yadaptedfor sale in bulli or in packages, because the relatively large dimensions of generic or descriptive sense and,V not for purposes of limitation, the scopeof the invention being setV forth inthe following claim. Y Y

I claim--y Asian article of commercial food, a unitary, thin cracker or biscuit cut or stamped Vout in the direction of the grain of the dough and having a naine or other legend impressed therein in theydirection of the grain of the dough,whereby` suchV food product is characterized by thef presence of air pockets of relatively great length extending inthe di-V rection of such naine or legend and kbetween the saine and the edges of the. cracker parallel to such name, whereby the food-product is markedly rendered light and fluify.

In testimony whereof, I Ahave* signed my 9BV name to this specification,

' KENNETH n. Loose.

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